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Azerbaijani

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tuˈɫɑ]
  • Hyphenation: tu‧la

Noun

tula (definite accusative tulanı, plural tulalar)

  1. pointer, setter, hounding dog
  2. (derogatory) scoundrel, wretched person, underling, minion

Declension

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More information nominative, singular ...

References

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Bangi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-túd.

Verb

tula

  1. to forge

Iban

Etymology

From Malay tuala, from Portuguese toalha

Pronunciation

Noun

tula

  1. towel
    Synonym: tawil

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from Bangi tula.

Verb

-tula (infinitive kotula)

  1. to forge

Pazeh

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.

Noun

tula

  1. big eel
  2. bum, idler

References

Puyuma

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.

Noun

tula

  1. eel

References

  • Stacy Fang-Ching Teng (鄧芳青), A Reference Grammar Of Puyuma, An Austronesian Language Of Taiwan, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, 2008.

Rukai

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.

Noun

tula

  1. eel

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtula/ [ˈt̪u.la]
  • Rhymes: -ula
  • Syllabification: tu‧la

Noun

tula f (plural tulas)

  1. A children's game in which a child chases others until he touches one of them with his hand, who, in turn, chases the others.
  2. (vulgar, Chile, Spain) penis
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

Further reading

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Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit तुला (tulā, balance), according to Pardo de Tavera (1887).

Pronunciation

Noun

tulâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎ)

  1. poem
    Synonyms: berso, poema
  2. act of reciting a poem
    Synonym: pagtula
  3. way or manner a poem was recited
    Synonyms: pagkatula, pagkakatula
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

tula (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎ)

  1. a kind of mouth disease, especially among children and infants
  2. distemper or pip in fowls
Derived terms
  • tulahin
See also

Further reading

  • tula”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
  • Pardo de Tavera, Trinidad Hermenegildo (1887), El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog, la Faculté de médecine, A. Davy, page 54

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